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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the "funny lines" that Sarny recalls seeing on the side of a feed sack in Chapter 3?
(a) FEED.
(b) $20.
(c) GRAIN.
(d) 100 lbs.

2. What is the name of the slave that raises Sarny?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Old Delie.
(c) Alaine.
(d) Alice.

3. When John steps forward in Chapter 5, the narrator says, "Waller looked down at him the way a cat looks at a mouse caught in a corner." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. What euphemism does Sarny use to describe menstruation in Chapter 1?
(a) The trouble.
(b) Womanhood.
(c) The spots.
(d) Aunt Mary.

5. How old was Sarny when her birth mother was sold?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sarny do with the coin that she found after showing it to Mammy?

2. What material does Mammy make John's pants from in Chapter 3?

3. What does John tell Sarny she will have to learn before she can learn to read in Chapter 3?

4. What had Mammy done when Sarny copied the letters from the feed sack in the dirt when she was younger?

5. What does Sarny remark about her birth in Chapter 1?

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